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WHY DID RUSSIA INVADE GEORGIA? WHY, OBAMA, OF COURSE!
At The Corner, Andy McCarthy not so subtly implies that the Russia-Georgia conflict is Obama's fault:
I suppose if we are thinking about turning our country over to the second Carter term — or the first McGovern — it shouldn't surprise anyone to see Russia go into its Afghanistan mode ... or Czechoslovakia ... or Hungary ... or (as Roger reminds us) Georgia.
Whoa there, cowboy. I think what McCarthy is suggesting is that Obama's "weakness" encourages Cold War style aggression from Russia. But earth to The Corner (I know, they're far apart from one another) -- BHO hasn't been elected yet. And as Sam pointed out earlier, Obama's diplomacy-focused position on Georgia is basically indistinguishable from President Bush's. No one would accuse Bush of fostering a Carter-esque foreign policy regime.
COMMENTS (7)
Wrong.
Posted by: big truck | August 11, 2008 7:27 PM
K, your HTML is broken.
Wrong: http://corner.nationalreview.com/post/?q=Y2ExZTJkYjk2NjU1YzljYjQxODQ2M2QyZmQwMGFmMDU=
Posted by: big truck | August 11, 2008 7:28 PM
A Carter-esque response would actually be far stronger than anything currently contemplated by Bush -- or Obama.
In response to the Soviet invasion of Afganistan, Carter began the great military buildup which Reagan continued (and got credit for). He also attempted a grain embargo -- an attempt thwarted by the agribusiness interests in Congress, which wanted to keep making money hand over fist even if it supported Russian expansionism.
Posted by: captcrisis | August 12, 2008 3:35 AM
More earth to NRO -- Hungary was invaded in 1956, when a Republican named Dwight Eisenhower was president.
Posted by: Northern Pike | August 12, 2008 12:34 PM
The HTML works for me.
re: Northern Pike
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